July 1996

MobileMedia Corp. apparently has outgrown the talents of its leaders. Six months after the company purchased MobileComm from BellSouth Corp., MobileMedia Chief Executive Officer Gregory Rorke, President and Chief Operating …

NEW YORK-3607 Communications Co. announced it plans to begin offering Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular service commercially early next month in Las Vegas. The company also announced second quarter …

WASHINGTON-Looking forward to the next round of personal communications services auctions set to begin Aug. 26, Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, promised to “expedite …

Strong growth tugged a little tight on the selling, general and administrative expenses of CellStar Corp., which reported a $2 million operating loss for the second quarter and a net …

TORONTO, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Clearnet PCS Inc., has entered into a memorandum of understanding to purchase and finance an estimated $425 million in Code Division …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said the new telecommunications law does not erase federal jurisdiction of wireless telecommunications, a strong statement aimed at dissuading federal regulators from abandoning a proposed bill-and-keep …

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

Micronetics Wireless Inc. is close to receiving patents for its MicroCal Module, a recently developed integrated circuit that facilitates self-monitoring in wireless equipment, reported the company. MicroCal’s alarm circuitry monitors …

SEATTLE-McCaw International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc., announced it has purchased a 30 percent interest in Infocom Communications Network Inc., a wireless company in the Philippines. …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. is developing enhanced 911 applications that will help wireless carriers and emergency dispatchers determine the location of wireless callers. These groups don’t have to reinvent the wheel, said …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week launched a new anti-crime program to equip neighborhood watch groups with cellular telephones donated by industry, while threatening to veto a Republican appropriations bill that increases …

I received a phone call at home one evening from an AT&T long distance salesman. How was I doing, and what long-distance carrier did I use? “Sprint,” I told him. …

BERKELEY, Calif.-TCSI Corp. announced it has successfully completed development and testing of software for the Japanese Personal Digital Cellular standard’s newest Revision C. The company said this milestone is the …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced a new awards program to recognize innovative work in the field of wireless applications technology. Winners of the first annual APPYs will be announced …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. announced the resignation of Bruce Crockett as president, chief executive officer and director of the corporation amidst second quarter earnings that were worse than expected. The company’s …

NEW YORK-Measures of Olympic proportions undertaken by the heavyweights of industry have gone into developing the communications systems for the Summer Games, which begin July 19 in Atlanta. But amid …

LONDON-By the year 2005 there will be nearly 120 million cellular subscribers in Asia and the Pacific, according to a new study from CIT Research Ltd. In “Mobile Communications in …

DALLAS-A new chain of communications superstores called Communications Expo is scheduled to open its first store in Dallas next month, announced Paging Network Inc., which plans to distribute its line …

WASHINGTON-Fifty-eight arts, education and consumer groups signed off on a July 11 letter to five congressmen to “express*…*profound dismay” on their recent letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt …

U.K. wireless operator Orange plc claimed victory last week after a High Court judge dismissed a complaint made by Vodafone Group plc following the launch of a comparative ad campaign …

ProNet Inc. paid Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Information and Media Sector $43 million cash for its 931.9 MHz nationwide one-way paging license and associated Embarc system equipment, announced the companies. “This …

DEXTER, Mich.-ReCellular Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with personal communications services provider American Personal Communications to acquire and remanufacture its traded-in cellular phones. The company said it will …

Lone personal communications services provider Pacific Bell Mobile Systems, regional cellular carriers, paging providers and rental companies will try to leave no stone unturned when it comes to providing wireless …

WASHINGTON-Claiming that nationwide paging provider SkyTel Corp. has robbed it of prime customers and millions of dollars in lost revenues, paging reseller Time Signal International Corp. filed a complaint late …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. will deploy Cincinnati Bell Information Systems’ Precedent 2000 Wireless Business Management Solution for its personal communications services network. Sprint Spectrum said it has signed a …